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Suffragan diocese La Paz en la Baja California Sur, Mexico

Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

Pacien(sis) in California Inferiore Meridionali

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese covering the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 21 March 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace in La Paz.

On the map

Esri
La Paz en la Baja California Sur, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1988
Catholics
512,200
Priests
94
Territory
73,703 km²

Parishes and churches

33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Miguel Angel Espinoza Garza
Born
26 April 1966
Birthplace
San Nicolás de los Garza

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace stands in La Paz en la Baja California Sur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) was erected on 21 March 1988. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006, it now belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. La Paz has a longer episcopal history: between 1874 and 1939 it was the seat of the apostolic vicariate of Baja California, which later became the present Diocese of Tijuana, and in 1957 it became the seat of the apostolic prefecture of La Paz, raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1976 and to a diocese in 1988.